Aldo Cosentino (boxer)

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Aldo Cosentino (born October 19, 1947 in Tunis ) is a former French boxer . He was vice- world champion 1974 and European champion 1973 of the amateur boxer in the bantamweight division.

Career

Aldo Cosentino grew up in Fréjus and started boxing there as a teenager . In 1965 he was already French junior bantamweight champion and won this title for the first time in 1967 among the seniors. In the course of his career he became French champion in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975. With the exception of 1973, in which he secured the featherweight title (at that time up to 57 kg body weight), he won in the other years in bantamweight (then up to 54 kg body weight).

Aldo Cosentino's international career began in 1966. He started in the French national team of amateur boxers, which fought against the Federal Republic of Germany in Böblingen , and lost on points against the former European champion Horst Rascher from Villingen . In 1967 he started at a European championship for the first time. In Rome he lost it in bantamweight in the round of 16 against Tommy Glencross from Ireland and was eliminated.

The 1968 Olympic Games also saw Aldo Cosentino at the start. In Mexico City he won a preliminary round match over Kjell Fredriksson from Sweden on points and was eliminated in the round of 16 by losing points to Eiji Matida from Japan .

1969 saw the first major international success. He had matured further and became a technically good and fighting strong boxer. At the European Championships in Bucharest he fought his way through to the final by winning points over Jan Huppen from the Netherlands, Ryszard Andruszkiewicz from Poland and Mickey Piner from England . There he was defeated by the Romanian Aurel Dumitru, who enjoyed the support of the Romanian public, on points.

Cosentino was not so successful at the European Championships in Madrid in 1971 . He won there in the round of 16 over Werner Schäfer from Germany on points, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tibor Badari from Hungary on points. Tibor Badari finally became European champion .

At the 1972 Olympics in Munich fared Aldo Cosentino bantamweight similar to the EM 1971. He won his first fight on the strong Poland Jozef Reszpondek although on points, but resigned after by a defeat in the second round against Juan Francisco Rodriguez from Spain from .

1973 Aldo Cosentino then triumphed at the European Championships in Belgrade . He won the bantamweight title there. On the way there he defeated Sven Oling from Finland , Nuri Eroglu from Turkey , Dimitar Milew from Bulgaria and Mircea Tone from Romania, each on points.

In 1974 the first world championships for amateurs took place in Havana . Cosentino was also there at the start and won the bantamweight in the round of 16 over Marian Lazar from Romania and in the quarter-finals over Juan Francisco Rodriguez, on which he could take revenge for the defeat at the 1972 Olympic Games, on points. In the semifinals he met Puerto Rican Wilfredo Gómez , against whom he lost in the first round by knockout. By reaching the semi-finals, he had won a bronze medal at the World Championships. Gomez became world champion.

After this world championship, Aldo Cosentino continued his international career until the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal . But he no longer achieved any successes. On the contrary, he suffered two bitter knockout defeats at both the 1975 European Championships in Katowice and Montreal. In Katowice the Soviet athlete Viktor Rybakov won in the 1st round, in Montreal the Bulgarian Chucho Andreykowski in the 3rd round by knockout.

Subsequently, Aldo Cosentino ended his boxer career. Rather a rarity for a French boxer of his class, he never became a professional boxer. He completed a degree in sports and has been the head coach of the French national team of amateur boxers since 1980. An office that he still held at the end of 2007.

Aldo Cosentino's international matches

  • 1966 in Böblingen , FRG against France , point defeat against Horst Rascher , Villingen ,
  • 1967 in Blois , France against Hungary , point defeat against Tibor Papp,
  • 1967 in Vitry , France against Poland , points winner over Bogdan Radzikowski,
  • 1967 in Bucharest , Romania against France, points winner over Paul Nedelca,
  • 1968 in Treviso , Italy against France, point defeat against Carlo Abis,
  • 1968 in Annecy , France against Italy, points winner over Salvatore Fabricio,
  • 1969 in Lahr , FRG against France, points winner over Siegwart Steger, Sulzbach-Rosenberg ,
  • 1969 in Saint Brieux , France against Romania, points winner over Aurel Dumitrescu,
  • 1970 in Le Mans , France against Germany, RSC winner 2nd round over Knab, Aschaffenburg,
  • 1970 in Bethune , France against Yugoslavia , Disq. Winner 3rd round over Branislav Mirkovic,
  • 1971 in Paris , France against the Soviet Union , points winner over Viktor Orlov,
  • 1974 in Paris, France against GDR , point defeat against Detlef Scherpke

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personal data
SURNAME Cosentino, Aldo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French boxer
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunis